Missouri court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map, orders it to be put to vote

The Missouri Supreme Court delivered a last-minute twist in the midterm redistricting saga this week when the predominantly Republican governor-appointed court ruled that new maps passed by state lawmakers to give their party an extra seat couldn’t immediately go into effect.…

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, a Republican, said she would immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asserting that the decision “has thrust our State into a full-fledged Constitutional crisis.” Missouri's new districts were used in the August primaries